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Are Apple and Microsoft Trading Places?

Many have begun to wonder if Apple is in danger of enduring a "lost" decade.

In 1999, Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) was the company to which all others were compared... and then the stock spent the next decade trading sideways. Last fall, Apple(NASDAQ:AAPL) won the title of "biggest company on Earth," soon lost it to ExxonMobil, and has since struggled. As Apple faces declining earnings growth and a reduced rate of innovation, some are wondering if the company has a lost decade ahead. At the same time, sleeping giant Microsoft is showing signs of life.

In the video below, Fool contributor Doug Ehrman discusses the current position of the two tech titans, their futures, and how investors may want to position themselves for the coming months and quarters.